North Korea proposed a joint investigation with the United States on the cyberattack against Sony Pictures, calling the charge by the FBI that it was behind the hack "slander," state media said on Saturday.An unnamed spokesman of the North's foreign ministry said there would be "grave consequences" if Washington refused to agree to the joint probe and continued to accuse the North, the official KCNA news agency reported.President Barack Obama has blamed North Korea for the devastating cyberattack, which led to the Hollywood studio cancelling "The Interview," a comedy on the fictional assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.It was the first time the United States had directly accused another country of a cyberattack of such magnitude on American soil and set up a possible new confrontation between longtime foes Washington and Pyongyang.Earlier Saturday, North Korea vowed to boost its "nuclear power," saying it had become apparent the United States aimed to invade the North under the guise of human rights abuses.
Folks, this is why you don't play patty-cake with rogue nuclear aspirants. Once they get their arsenal, the whole scenario changes.
So instead of statecraft, you do what? Lay it all out for me, will you please, Mr. Hawk?
ReplyDeleteThere have been no good options for about ten years. We will probably have to get really ugly with North Korea. Iran, too. ISIS, too. The notion that we will get to live out our live on basically on the same comfort level we've known since the 1950s is not likely how things are going to unfold.
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